CVE-2016-9372

MEDIUM

Wireshark 2.2.0-2.2.1 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, the Profinet I/O dissector could loop excessively, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-pn-rtc-one.c by rejecting input with too many I/O objects.

References (5)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94368

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037313

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12851

[Patch] https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4127e3930ef663114567002001f44e01eba8a250

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-58.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0038

EPSS Percentile 59.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-399 CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (3)

wireshark/wireshark

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Nov 17, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026